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Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi
| image = Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi.jpg
| caption = Movie poster
| writer =
| starring =
| director = Puri Jagannadh
| producer = K. L. N. Raju
| distributor = Vaishno Academy
| released = 19 April 2003
| runtime = 154 minutes
| country = India
| cinematography = Shyam K. Naidu
| editing = Marthand K. Venkatesh
| music = Chakri
| language = Telugu
}}
'Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi' is a 2003 Indian Telugu-language sports drama film directed by Puri Jagannadh. The film stars Ravi Teja and Asin Thottumkal (in her major Telugu debut), while Prakash Raj, Jayasudha, and Subbaraju playing supporting roles. The film is released on 19 April 2003. It won three Filmfare Awards South Best Supporting Actress, Best Actress and Best Comedian categories and the Nandi Awards for Best Character Actor. It was First remade in Odia as 'Katha Deithili Maa Ku , Then' in Tamil as 'M. Kumaran Son of Mahalakshmi', in Kannada as 'Maurya', and in Bhojpuri as 'Jigarwala'. It was commercially successful the box-office and was one of the biggest Telugu hits of 2003.
Plot
Chandu (Ravi Teja)'s entire life is about his mother, Lakshmi (Jayasudha), a college lecturer. They together live in Hyderabad. When Chandu was a little boy, Lakshmi separated from her husband, Raghuveer (Prakash Raj), who is his father. Chandu is a great kick-boxer, and is very passionate. Chandu later meets Mugambigambal (Asin) aka Chennai, a Tamil girl from Chennai, and starts to fall in love with her. Chandu's happy life is suddenly jolted when his mother dies of a heart attack. On her deathbed, she tells him to go to Visakhapatnam to meet Raghuveer, who is a kick-boxing champion that won the championship six times in a row. Chandu goes to Visakhapatnam to meet him.
When Chandu reaches Visakhapatnam, he meets his father but sees that he has another wife, named Shalini (Aishwarya) and a daughter named Swapna. He sees that he's happily settled with them and gets angry. He also gets a job as a janitor and juice provider at his father's kick-boxing academy. Anand (Subbaraju) is Raghuveer's best student, and he is sure that Anand will win the championship. Unexpectedly, he sees that Mugaambigaambaal's family lives here and talks to her. Later, Chandu finds out that Anand makes Swapna pregnant and then abandons her. Anand also abandons Raghuveer by getting another master and other sponsors. Raghuveer is attacked by several of Anand's sponsors, and Chandu later beats them up, making Raghuveer find out that Chandu is a great kick-boxer. Raghuveer also finds out that Chandu was also participating in the kick-boxing championship. The rest of the story is how Raghuveer trains Chandu and wins the championship, how Chandu wins the heart of Mugaambigaambaal, and how he unites Swapna and Anand. After the fight, Chandu reveals he's half Tamilian and quarter Gujarati and Anglo Indian, much to Mugaambigaambaal's surprise when Chandu spoke Tamil, saying, "Shall we get married now?"
Cast
* Ravi Teja as Chandu
* Asin as Mugaambigaambaal aka Chennai
* Jayasudha as Lakshmi
* Prakash Raj as Raghuveer
* Subbaraju as Anand
* Aishwarya as Shalini
* Ali as Appala Raju
* Dharmavarapu Subramanyam as Thyagaraj, Mugaambigaambaal's father
* Uma as Mugaambigaambal's sister
* Harika as Mugaambigaambaal's friend
* M.S. Narayana as Broker
* Prudhviraj as Police officer
* Gautam Raju as Balaraju
* Jogi Naidu as Thyagaraj's son
* Jogi Krishnam Raju as Mugaambigaambaal's brother
* Alphonsa as Appala Raju's love interest (special appearance)
* Bandla Ganesh as a man at the mall (cameo appearance)
* Junior Relangi
Production
Initially Puri Jagannath want to make this film with Pawan Kalyan in the lead, as he was busy in Johnny, the lead role went to Uday Kiran. Later actor Sreerm of roja puvvulu fame chosen to play the lead with asin as his pair. Finally Puri jagannath chosen his friend Raviteja as the lead and hits the bulls eye.
Awards
;'Filmfare Awards'
*Filmfare Award for Best Actress Telugu Asin
*Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress Telugu Jayasudha
*Filmfare Award for Best Comedian Telugu Ali
;'Nandi Awards'
*Third Best Feature Film - Bronze Puri Jagannadh
*Best Character Actor Prakash Raj
*Best Dialogue Writer - Puri Jagannadh
Songs
The audio launch was held at Viceroy Convention Hall, Viceroy Hotel on 7 April 2003. To suit the title, Poori Jagannath has invited 'Amma Nanna' (Mr. Venkat Rao & Mrs. Anjana) of Chiranjeevi to release the audio cassette. The song "Lunchkostava" is laced with Tamil lyrics for the female singer. The songs and background score was done by Chakri.
References
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